Form 8.3 SPIRE HEALTHCARE GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

27 February 2026

 

FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Full name of discloser:				Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				SPIRE HEALTHCARE GROUP PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(d)	If an exempt fund manager connected with an
	offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
	offeror/offeree:
(e)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				26 Feb 2026
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2.				POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree
	to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any)
Class of relevant security:				1p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			2,394,502	0.59%	2,458,594	0.61%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,240,117	0.56%	636,646	0.16%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,634,619	1.15%	3,095,240	0.77%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive
	options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
3.				DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
1p ordinary		Purchase		271,817		2.0250  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		57,802		1.9995  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		45,215		1.9964  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		41,094		1.9989  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		31,253		2.0237  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		22,979		2.0053  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		22,514		2.0060  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16,911		2.0028  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,211		2.0176  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,154		1.9987  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,416		1.9760  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,444		1.9927  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,857		2.0108  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,378		2.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,113		1.9891  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,260		1.9457  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,497		2.0175  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,070		1.9970  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,831		1.9920  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,700		1.9494  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,675		1.9777  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,624		2.0050  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,318		2.0021  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,055		1.9933  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,018		2.0247  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		877		2.0150  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		802		1.9820  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		655		1.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		642		1.9960  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		497		1.9609  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		279		2.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		249		2.0300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		241		1.9740  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		239		1.9980  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		216		2.0100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		213		1.9640  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		209		1.9850  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		203		1.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		197		1.9780  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		196		1.9680  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		188		1.9720  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		188		1.9620  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		185		1.9880  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		32		1.9940  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2		1.9738  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1		1.9900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1		1.9730  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1		1.9660  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		161,310		2.0250  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		70,791		2.0140  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		41,591		1.9821  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		26,376		2.0223  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		21,200		1.9839  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17,156		1.9420  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,559		2.0073  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,848		2.0029  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,877		2.0150  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,196		1.9680  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,194		2.0200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		833		1.9340  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		802		1.9820  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		740		1.9280  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		668		2.0175  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		655		1.9400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		642		1.9960  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		474		1.9760  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		300		1.9880  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		279		2.0000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		249		2.0300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		243		1.9740  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		240		2.0050  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		239		1.9980  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		216		2.0100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		213		1.9640  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		209		1.9850  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		203		1.9800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		197		1.9780  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		192		1.9920  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		188		1.9620  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		188		1.9720  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		32		1.9940  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1		1.9660  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1		1.9900  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1		1.9730  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,966	1.9887  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		17,156	1.9420  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,000	1.9913  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,559	2.0073  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,967	2.0250  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		96	1.9380  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		440	1.9662  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		436	1.9757  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,000	1.9761  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,570	1.9765  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		20,048	1.9888  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		61	1.9919  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,118	1.9923  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,444	1.9926  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		628	1.9940  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		45,215	1.9964  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,154	1.9987  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		22,979	2.0053  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		183	2.0100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,018	2.0247  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		120,866	2.0250  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		7	1.9500  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		537	2.0201  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercise
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						applicable)
4.				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,
formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
NONE
(b)	Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between
the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				27 Feb 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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